Wise
Audubon
Alvord, TX
A vanished town which was important in this area in the 19th century.
Cattle Trail Crossing
Decatur, TX
Near this site ran one of the many "feeder" branches of the famous Chisholm Trail, best-known of all the cattle trails that once linked...
City of Alvord
Alvord, TX
By 1882, when the Fort Worth & Denver Railroad built a line to this area, a small agricultural community had developed here on an old...
Deep Creek Community
Boyd, TX
Named for the natural landmark nearby.
Dr. M. W. Matthews
Paradise, TX
Dr. M. W. Matthews (December 29, 1806 - April 13, 1891) Pioneer physician and preacher.
George Lafayette Ramsdale
Paradise, TX
George Lafayette Ramsdale (1820-1884) was a native of Devonshire, England.
Greenwood
Greenwood, TX
Pioneer settlers came to this area as early as the 1850s.
Huff Family Massacre
Alvord, TX
An atrocity of 1874, in one of last Wise County Indian raids.
Hunt, Col. William Hudson
Bridgeport, TX
(1815-1864) Born in Ithaca, New York, William Hudson Hunt became a principal figure in the development of Wise County.
Perrin Log Cabin
Decatur, TX
William Perrin and his wife, Charlotte, along with two other families, left Rock Castle, Kentucky in the fall of 1853, arriving forty...
Randolph Vesey
Decatur, TX
(1832-1908) Respected Negro citizen and homeowner.
Sam Woody's Cabin
Decatur, TX
Tennessee pioneer Sam Woody (1826-1920) migrated to Texas in the 1840s.
Sand Hill Community
Sand Hill, TX
A center of pioneer culture in North Texas, drawing crowds to meet here at good spring of water issuing from beneath hill that gave...
Site of First Post Office in Wise County, Odessa
Newark, TX
Established Sept. 8, 1855.
Toll Bridge & Old Bridgeport
Bridgeport, TX
When Butterfield Overland Mail traversed this area (1858-61) on St. Louis to San Francisco route, a crossing over West Fork of the...
Wise County Reunion
Decatur, TX
The Confederate veterans of Wise County are said to have held occasional reunions in the 1860s-1870s.
Wise County, C.S.A.
Decatur, TX
County named for Henry A. Wise, U.S. Senator from Virginia who supported Texas annexation, later Governor and C.S.A. general.